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Table 2 Fraction of families who had a second child depending on the sex of the first child

From: The effect of children on female labor force participation in urban Iran

 

1 + sample

2 + sample

3 + sample

 

Fraction of sample

Fraction that had a 2nd child

Fraction of sample

Fraction that had a third child

Fraction of sample

Fraction that had a 4th child

(1) firstborn son

51.3%

0.790

51.0%

0.603

50.6%

0.559

  

(0.002)

 

(0.003)

 

(0.004)

(2) firstborn daughter

48.7%

0.799

49.0%

0.627

49.4%

0.583

  

(0.002)

 

(0.003)

 

(0.004)

Difference (1)-(2)

 

−0.009***

 

−0.024***

 

−0.024***

  

(0.003)

 

(0.004)

 

(0.005)

  1. Note: Standard errors are reported in parentheses.
  2. ***significant at the 1% level.